Prisma Access Licensing
Learn about Prisma Access licenses.
Prisma Access offers a licensing model that allows you
to implement and use the capabilities of Prisma Access aligned to
your business needs in a way that delivers the fastest return on investment.
Whether your applications are migrating to the cloud, your users
are working from anywhere, or if you are looking to gain operational
efficiencies, Prisma Access offers the relevant type of license
for your deployment.
You can choose from the following license editions:
Your Prisma Access license edition determines the security
capabilities that are available to you. If you use any capability
in security rules or profiles that is unsupported based on your license
type, Prisma Access removes those configurations and those capabilities
are not enforced in your Prisma Access tenants until you update
Prisma Access with a license edition that supports those capabilities.
To find the capabilities included with your license, refer to the
Prisma Access Licensing Guide.
All license editions are available for Local and Worldwide Prisma
Access locations. When you purchase a license with Worldwide locations,
you can deploy Prisma Access in all Prisma Access locations. When
you purchase a license with Local locations, you can select up to
five Prisma Access locations.
Prisma Access uses units in licenses, and uses the following
definitions for a unit:
For mobile user deployments, a unit is defined
as one mobile user.
For remote network and Clean Pipe deployments, a unit is
defined as 1 Mbps of bandwidth.
When a Prisma Access license expires, you can still use
the service and collect logs for 15 days after license expiration.
You cannot make changes to configuration. Prisma Access shuts down
its instances 15 days after license expiration and completely deletes
the instances and tenants 30 days after license expiration.
License Enforcement for Prisma Access Mobile User Deployments
Learn how mobile user (GlobalProtect) licenses are counted
in Prisma Access.
Prisma Access uses these enforcement policies for mobile
user licenses:
Though there is no strict policing of the mobile user count, the service does track the number of
unique users over the last 30 days to ensure that you have purchased the
proper license tier for your user base, and stricter policing of user count
may be enforced if continued overages occur.
In addition, if you use Prisma Access for users—GlobalProtect,
the GlobalProtect app is required on each
supported endpoint. The
GlobalProtect app is not required for Mobile Users—Explicit Proxy
deployments.
Explicit Proxy Licensing Guidelines
Learn about Explicit Proxy licensing guidelines.
Use the following information when you license and assign
mobile user units to your Explicit Proxy deployment:
Prisma Access Explicit Proxy requires that you have a
Prisma Access license for Mobile Users.
You can use mobile user units for either Prisma Access Explicit
Proxy or Prisma Access GlobalProtect deployments.
If
your deployment is Explicit Proxy only, then allocate all the mobile
user units to Explicit Proxy. Similarly, if your deployment is completely
GlobalProtect, then allocate all the mobile user units to GlobalProtect.
You must allocate a minimum of 200 units per deployment type.
If your deployment requires some users to connect using Explicit
Proxy and others using GlobalProtect; then split and allocate the
mobile user units between Explicit Proxy and GlobalProtect. You
can switch the number of units allocated for Explicit Proxy and
GlobalProtect at any time, giving you the flexibility to transition
from Explicit Proxy to GlobalProtect any time.
If you want to use both GlobalProtect and Explicit Proxy
for the same user, you must allocate one unit each for Explicit
Proxy and GlobalProtect.
Other Required Prisma Access Licenses
See the other licenses that are required for Prisma Access.
In addition to the Prisma Access licenses, in order
to run the service you must also have the following licensed components:
Panorama—You deploy and manage Prisma Access using
the Cloud Services plugin for Panorama. In order to use this plugin,
you must have Panorama with a valid support license. See the
Palo Alto Networks Compatibility
Matrix for the Panorama versions that are supported with
the Cloud Services plugin. When you license the Prisma Access components,
you must tie the auth code to a licensed Panorama serial number.
Strata Logging Service—The Prisma Access infrastructure
forwards all logs to
Strata Logging Service. You can view the Prisma
Access logs, ACC, and reports directly from Panorama for an aggregated
view into your remote network and mobile user traffic. To enable logging
for Prisma Access, you must purchase a Strata Logging Service license.
Prisma Access Add-On Licenses
Learn about the add-on licenses that are provided by
Prisma Access.
You can add the following capabilities to use with Prisma
Access as an add-on license:
